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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1928
Page
7
F. R. Fenton of Boston spoke at Memorial High and Memorialiv schools on Tuesday afternoon about crime. A former prison convict now in missionary work he warned students about bad companions and cited cases showing that crime does not pay.
Harold W. Baker invites attendees to a Memorial Sunday service at First Baptist Church on May 27. Babbitt Post G A R and related groups accepted the invitation. General Orders for Memorial Sunday and Memorial Day observances will be published in the Phoenix on May 25.
Worthy Grand Matron Henriette Bullock and Worthy Grand Patron Henry Wardle with Grand Marshal Susan Graham plan an official visitation to Mt Hope Chapter No 23 in Rhode Island on Monday evening May 7 for the annual inspection. Dinner for visiting officers and Mount Hope members follows at 6 in the vestry of State Street M E Church hosted by the Ladies Aid Society.
The ferryboat Bristol resumes trips between Ferry Road Pier and the Portsmouth side on the Newport Short Line after repairs and overhaul. Conanicut planned for overhaul, with both ferries expected to handle automobile traffic soon.
Students at Colt Memorial High School held a reading contest during assembly in the auditorium on Wednesday morning. Fredericka Dunbar and Lester Eisenstadt won honors, each receiving gifts from an anonymous donor.
Third Sunday after. At 8 a.m. Holy Communion officiated by Rev Albert Crabtree of Barrington. At 10 30 a.m. Morning Prayer and address by Rev Albert M Hilliker of Providence. Church School at noon. Evening service omitted.
The schedule lists Holy Communion at 8:00 a.m. and a Sung Mass with sermon at 10:45 a.m. A School and Bible class is planned at 12 noon and Evensong with sermon at 7:30 p.m.
The First Congregational Church schedules Friday night service at 7 30 and Sunday worship at 10 30 with sermons The Things That Work For Good and Measure for Measure. Church School will present a missionary program and collect the monthly offering at noon. A Home Missionary Society meeting in the Chapel Tuesday May 1 at 28 pm includes packing a Palmer Memorial Institute barrel and collecting used clothing at 230 pm.
Rev R J Chrystie PhD pastor outlines events for April with a praise service and lecture on The Humanity of God on Friday April 27. Sunday April 20 features a morning sermon Types of Religious Experience. Evening sermon The Birth of a Nation. Church School at 12 M Epworth League at 6 30 led by Mrs Walter Briggs. Public welcome.
Sunday morning worship at 10 30 with a sermon by the pastor titled The Structure of Work the third in a three part series on Some Essentials of Church Growth Junior Church in vestry for first grade and younger Church School at 1145 In the evening at 730 a children s story and a sermon by the pastor topic When Jealousy Reigns.
The Church of the Nazarene announces Sunday service at 10 45 am with preaching at 12 noon Sunday school at 7 pm and an Evangelistic service. Prayer meeting Friday at 7 30 pm features singing and a cordial invitation to all to worship together.
Agnes, five, is called to wash up. She tells her mother she will wash her hands but says she has already washed her face once and hasn’t used it since. The line captures a playful parental moment from Children, the Magazine for Parents.
A quoted admonition states that coercion breeds resentment and fails, while moral suasion and appeals to reason are the path to progress. The message emphasizes restraint and rational persuasion as essential to effective social movements.
Dr James Fenton, medical officer of health for Kensington London, told a largely female audience at the Incorporated Institute of Hygiene that women nibble at home and thus eat too much.
A scientist notes that a single oyster can lay about 60 million eggs annually and that even a lone oyster could, across generations, produce a shell pile eight times the earth in volume. He adds that infant mortality among oysters is very high, limiting growth.
The text notes that envelopes began use in the United States and England between 1840 and 1850. It cites England patenting the first practical machine for envelope production in 1844 and the United States issuing its first patent in 1849.
The note recalls a line from a sexual magazine editor’s wife who laments lack of affection. The husband’s reply centers on keeping work and home separate. The excerpt reflects social tensions in The Flaming Age era regarding marriage, work, and discretion.
The Altar Society of Mt. Carmel Church lists Saturday evenings bazaars at Mt Carmel Hall on Congregational Street April 14 21 28 and May 5. The Volunteer Firemen of Bristol host a First Firemen's Ball on Friday evening April 27 at the State Armory foot of Church Street. Bristol Concert Orchestra performs a concert on May 17 at Guiteras Memorial School auditorium for Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church.
Five year old Little Martha Jayne visiting her grandmother near the railroad asks how a train starts. She wonders if it is started by cranking it. The scene captures a child’s curiosity about locomotive operation near tracks.
The excerpt argues that fair-minded people can see multiple sides of an issue while a tyrant clings to a single view. It condemns refusal to compromise or acknowledge alternate perspectives as stupidity.
The year 1780 ended Continental money issuance. In 1783 only Pennsylvania New Jersey and North Carolina issued state paper money. The other ten colonies had halted prior to that year.
Colt Memorial High School baseball fell 8 to 0 at Warwick in the second game of the season. Colt collected only 2 hits Castriotta and Biancuzzo delivering the only safeties while committing 3 errors. Next home game is vs St Raphael next Thursday.
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